Test 2 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

After a strong quake at the coast, why should you not wait for an official warning?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: not wait

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 quake	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 quake	det
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quake	amod
4	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wait	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 coast	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coast	det
7	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quake	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 quake	punct
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 wait	advmod
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 wait	aux
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 wait	nsubj
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 wait	advmod
13	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 warning	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 warning	det
16	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 warning	amod
17	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wait	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wait	should	you				after a strong quake at the coast	for a official warning	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Tsunamis only ever happen on sunny days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tsunamis	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happen	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	infinitive	Tsunamis				ever; day		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Earthquakes never cause big waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cause	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 cause	advmod
3	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 waves	amod
5	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cause	present	Earthquakes	big waves					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition wave=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Warnings always come at least a whole day ahead of any wave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 come	advmod
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 least	case
5	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 day	nmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl:unmarked
9	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 wave	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 wave	det
12	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Warnings				day	of any wave; ahead, always property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of wave=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A tsunami can arrive within minutes, before any warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tsunami	det
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrive	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 arrive	aux
4	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	6 minutes	case
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 arrive	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 warning	punct
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 warning	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 warning	det
10	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	can	a tsunami				before any warning; minute		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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